Bulldogs nab another huge NRL star

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The Bulldogs person confirmed the signing of Stephen Crichton connected a lucrative four-year woody starting successful 2024.

Crichton has been wide expected to motion with Canterbury aft the Panthers went nationalist with a connection confirming that helium would beryllium moving on astatine the extremity of this play and the NRL's worst kept secret became a world connected Saturday erstwhile the Bulldogs sent retired a statement.

Canterbury took the antithetic measurement of sending retired a subordinate signing connection without immoderate quotes from the player, caller manager Cameron Ciraldo oregon shot brag Phil Gould.

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It simply stated that the woody had been done, adding: "Out of respect to some Stephen and the Penrith Panthers, the nine volition marque nary further remark until helium joins america astatine the extremity of the 2023 season."

However, it's nary concealed that Gould has a immense sentiment of the 22-year-old, and has said arsenic overmuch arsenic precocious arsenic Tuesday erstwhile the whispers were beardown that a woody was being done.

The Crichton signing is simply a monolithic coup for Gould and Ciraldo arsenic the caller powerfulness mates attempts to assistance the celebrated nine retired of the outhouse and backmost into the penthouse.

Having gone done 2 full-time coaches successful 5 years since the disfigured divided with Des Hasler successful 2017, the Bulldogs person plunged from 1 situation to the next, with wage headdress issues crippling the nine passim that period.

That clip present looks astatine an end, with Matt Burton's caller determination to perpetrate himself semipermanent to Belmore the archetypal motion from a roster point-of-view that the Bulldogs had stabilised and could look guardant to a agleam future.

Crichton volition articulation a nine that volition person realistic visions of cementing a spot successful the apical 8 for a sustained play of success, with the 2024 roster acceptable to see Burton successful the halves, Origin hooker successful the making Reed Mahoney, the lethal finishing of Josh Addo-Carr connected a wing, and a formidable looking guardant battalion headlined by Viliame Kikau, Tevita Pangai Jnr, Ryan Sutton and enforcer Raymond Faitala-Mariner.

Add to that the immense imaginable of onslaught centre Bronson Xerri, who volition instrumentality from a four-year doping prohibition with the Bulldogs successful 2024 and the lone portion missing appears to beryllium a halfback.

Having won 2 premierships arsenic a centre for the Panthers, Crichton is expected to marque the imperishable modulation to fullback astatine Belmore, putting the icing connected a backline that volition person alarm bells ringing for the remainder of the competition.

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